Chess Academy eBook+ “Encyclopedia of Rook Endings” runs on a standard PC with the operating system Windows® 10 / 11 and Windows® Vista 32bit/XP/2000/NT4/9x/Me.

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Chess Academy eBook+ “Encyclopedia of Rook Endings” contains a full version of the successful and powerful Chess Academy program (ver. 5.5) and 2 tutorial and training modules “Encyclopedia of Rook Endings”.

Tutorial and training examples with annotations are classified by themes/sub-themes and each annotated variation includes appropriate positional evaluations explaining typical plans and maneuvers.

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Brief description of the “Encyclopaedia of Rook Endings” tutorial and training modules supplied:

The two tutorial and training modules “Encyclopedia of Rook Endings”are dedicated to one of the most important problems in a chess game – the rook endings.

The encyclopedia modules consist of 2,166 (!) examples. Some that are well-known, some that have been forgotten, and some that have been rewritten by practice. All the examples show basic principles and rules, but these are made much clearer by games played in practice. Although there is little else on this scale, this computerized project offers very easy access for the user, as the original endgame key of the encyclopedia provides a simple and logical way to do so.

The authors (for example the world champions G. Kasparov, A. Karpov, B. Spasski, R. Fischer, T. Petrosian, M. Botwinnik, as well as well-known super grandmasters such as J. Awerbach, W. Kortschnoi, R. Hübner, W. Hort, A. Miles, A. Adorjan, J. Nunn, the computer program BELLE by Ken Thompson, KDKT by Hans Zellner and many others) are treated as typical rook endgames that can arise from various middlegame positions.

The reference work for every chess player – for beginners, teachers, tournament players and stronger ones – even IMs and GMs will find these examples very interesting! A real gift for anyone who wants to delve into the deepest secrets of chess, where they occur in their purest form – in the endgame.

All the material is based on the first edition of the book (publisher – Chess Informant) (c) 1982-89 with much additional material from Chess Informator Nos. 1-61. All modules for the Chess Academy learning program are produced by Intelinvest Co Ltd.